bay area roads getting more crowded. only on two, what we diskáfred about traffic. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the stock market is up. jobs are being created and now we found another positive sign for the economy. we take a closer look at the traffic crossing bay area bridges in the bay area and we discovered it's growing as well. only on 2, eric rasmussen was in emeryville he reports now in

the spike on bridge traffic to levels we haven't seen in years. >> reporter: this kind of bay area traffic is something mary masoten is seeing more than ever. >> pretty much if i'm not leaving my house by 6:00 in the morning, it's crazy out there. >> reporter: she drives her prius to work from richmond to brisbane every day and that trip includes crossing the bay bridge. >> when you have a big chunk of water out there you live with it. >> reporter: in december we learned she shared that part of her commute with an extra 70,000 cars and trucks an increase of more than 2%. for all seven state owned bay area bridges, traffic grew by more than 195,000 vehicles. >> that's particularly interesting because we've had slow but steady declines in toll bridge traffic every year since 2003-2004. >> as for the sudden u turn, sam godwell says the economy

could be the driving force. >> maybe more commuters, maybe more deliveries being made across the bridge. >> reporter: officials say traffic also seems to be growing in and out of silican valley. while the extra gridlock might be raising drivers blood pressure, it might be helping too. >> it may be more people going to work. >> reporter: is that what you think? >> i think so. drivers should not expect any new toll increases in the immediate future. the federal government released a bullish job reports today providing one of the strongest signs yet that the economy is headed in the right direction. take a look at these numbers here, the labor department reported 243,000 new jobs were added in january. the economy has now added an average of 200,000 jobs a month for the past three months. and all of those new jobs,

well, they are translating to a national unemployment rate that has now dropped to 8.3%. that is the lowest since february of 2009 which was president obama's first full month in august. and that news, boy it had a great impact on wall street today. the nasdaq picked up 45 points and closed at its highest mark in years. the dow finished up 156. tonight rita williams introduces us to a woman who was out of work for two years and rita tells us how she was able finally able to get hired. >> reporter: sally magnus is thrilled to be a statistic. the mother of two is newly

hired at mink chiropractic. filling one of those 230,000 jobs last month. she's seen a steady increase in business last year enough to hire magnus a cal graduate to manage the office and eventually do bookkeeping. >> i've been growing so much that i can't answer the phones to answer questions, so i needed that help in the office. >> reporter: magnus says she and her husband a teacher struggled after she lost her job after 20 years in print advertising. so she enrolled at menlo park job training to learn a new trade, medical asis at a -- assistant. >> i was looking to find something that was growing.

the medical trade is. >> reporter: twice the past two years the stock market sagged after surging, but this time economists say the economic rally just might continue. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. despite the recovery, many people are still struggling. we have a case in point tonight from contra costa county where protesters went to a bank this afternoon to try to help a family in danger of losing their home. doesness of people made their way inside a bank of america dozens of people. the rally was in support of jesse and pamela cuarez, their home is under water. b of a started the foreclosure process last summer. >> we worked so hard to get and

you know we hit you know some down times but we're just trying to save what we have we don't want to lose our how many. >> reporter: a bank official called the couple during the protest to see what they could do to help. hundreds of people lined up to try to talk to a bank representative. it doesn't cost a penny to attend and it runs through monday. the hours are 8:00 a.m. through 8:00 p.m. mirkarimi returned to court today but he did not get what he wanted. mirkarimi asked the judge to be

allowed to see his son but it was denied. >> i miss my son terribly and he misses me. >> right now we have a little who has no idea where his daddy. >> reporter: lopez had joined the request for visitation rights. the judge did grant an expedited here for next week. former lieu lieutenant harper claims the department repeatedly overlooked him for promotion because he's african american. the jury found in the city's favor, harper had asked for more than a half a million dollars in lost wages and benefits on top of damages for emotional distress. new video to show you right now of a motor vehicle in oakland that left three people hospitalized. it happened on 98th and eve. witnesses on the scene tell us the driver of a van ran a stop

sign and was hit by a hell's angel motorist. three people were taken to the hospital, including a little girl. there were three more shootings in oakland tonight bringing the total by our account to just eight in the past 36 hours. violent even by oakland standards. rita williams has been talking to residents, tourists and police and she's at the hospital where the wounded end up. >> reporter: that's if they survive. two victims the last two days did not. the surge has cops and citizens wondering what's going on. mcarthur and high street, police find a bullet riddled van tonight, nobody in it. a victim's mom calls an ambulance for her injured son. h he will live, unlike one of the people shot in this jaguar. or a man left dead on the

street thursday evening. no sooner does one crime tape goes down, seems like another goes up. >> i was raised in oakland, but seems like things are getting worse. >> it's crazy, it's the wild wild west. >> reporter: a man in his 20s was shot several times. >> it happens every month, every week, it happens a lot here. >> reporter: it's a war zone. >> we are just here, we have to make a living. we have to be here, we have no choice. >> oakland is just completely out of control. >> yeah. >> nobody showing no respect for nobody. >> you want to shoot a gun go to the army. that's how i feel. a real man handles his business without a gun. >> reporter: but at this business, owners are arming themselves. as the shootings add up they

become a blur for police. stretched thin. >> i had one guy here since i think tuesday night and he hasn't been home. it's been busy. >> what do you make of it? >> i don't know. i don't know. you know we certainly get spikes like these. >> reporter: usually these spikes come in the warm summer months when people are outside more often so this may be a strange side effect of our milder than usual winter. both victims brought here tonight by the way are stable. we're live in oakland, debra villalon. >> reporter: police are also investigating a mysterious death in oakland. they say a woman was found dead this afternoon in a house on 98 avenue after c -- avenue at c street. there's no word on her name or how long she had been there. the surprise we could see tomorrow in nevada. back here in ten minutes, we're going to talk about your bay area weekend forecast. i'll show you which cities will

ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is tonight, so lloyd how has the night before so far? >> reporter: as you can see it's a busy night out here and people are out at the bars and

restaurants winding down at the end of the workweek. walnut creek's police chief said there would be an increase of police presence. they seem to be very low key. but yet the night is young. >> you get the conflicting issue and they're going to bud heads. >> reporter: this is the exclusive video we obtained showing a fight at 1:30 last sunday morning. as the bars were closing, three separate fights broke out in the downtown. nine people were arrested, one man was severely beaten. >> there are too many idiots on the street to be perfectly frank. they need to be more mellow. >> reporter: public drunkenness and violent have been happening far too often downtown, one resident says the 72 bars and restaurants in the area need to do more. >> they really need to do a better job policing their patrons, that's their job.

our city is a wonderful city and our police are wonderful people but they need to look after the entire city not just the business section. >> reporter: the city is considering an ordnance to more tightly control the establishments, but in the meantime, this city's imagine is bruised. >> it makes you think twice, am i going to spend my night down here in downtown walnut creek. >> reporter: on monday, the bars and restaurant owners are trying to hold a new conference to outline what they plan to do to make this area safer. and a police sergeant we talked to tonight said once the bars start closing they'll be waiting. mood out here is changing a bit right now. live in walnut creek, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu news. new details in the effort to stop the violence in walnut creek. city leaders want the lift lounge and grill to stop serving alcohol an hour earlier at 11:30 p.m. the city says alcohol has

fueled too many i -- too many incidents of violence downtown. the owners will face the city council on tuesday. the contractor that was building a trench that collapsed died this morning. the fremont based company did not have workers compensation insurance. a fairfield mother who was convicted in the death of four young children walked out of jail tonight. shatara james was released after a judge sentenced her to 10 months probation. she had been convicted for the deaths of her three young children and 8 -month-old niece. they died in a fire. james had left the children in the house with candles burning

and the children apparently knocked over one of those candles. former san francisco crime lab technician, debra madden will have her day in court. she will be tried in federal court for allegedly stealing cocaine in the crime lab. her attorney has questioned why federal prosecutors are going after madden. san francisco police say they have found the men responsible for stealing apple products in a series of delivery truck burglaries. between december and january, eduardo alvarez, jose reyes broke into fed ex trucks and stole merchandise. the men were arrested in a traffic stop after officers spotted their van. now to the presidential campaign in tomorrow's caucus in nevada. in the republican contest, the

latest poll suggests another big rim for mitt romney. ken pritchett spend the day with voters in reno and tells us the caucus may provide a surprise. >> reporter: mitt romney made brief stops in reno and sparks and then joined ron paul and newt gingrich where they campaigned in or near las vegas. a shake up at the bottom of the field. romney leads with 50% to gingrich's 25%. rick santorum dropped to single digits as ron paul rose to 15%. >> inthe polls underestimate his support because it is a far more grass roots effort. >> reporter: hertz says ron paul may rally support. >> reporter: susan matengale is one of the many volunteers campaigning for ron paul today.

>> i was here last weekend with a group of people from santa cruz. we went door to door. >> if he were to push out gingrich and come in second, boy gingrich is doing damage control then. >> gingrich's nevada campaign has struggled as best. his reno campaign office opened just last week. his director remains confidence about the tomorrow's caucus. >> we vote for principal. those are the kind of voters that you count to go to the polls. we count on our people, we know they'll be there. >> reporter: here in reno they're putting the final details for tomorrow's caucus. in reno, ken pritchett. more details now on the nevada caucus, mormons are expected to be a major factor. they make up 9% of nevada's population.

but they're expected to count for 25% of the participates in the nevada caucus. a similar result is anticipated tomorrow. -- ground hog predicted six more weeks of winter. but check out denver. a major storm shut down roads and businesses. some areas are expected to get up to 2 feet of new snow. punxsutawney. of course here another beautiful day. i put the call out in the facebook page. don christmas sent this in today. look at the reservoir, it is pretty high. we got a lot of rain last year. tkpwaot amount -- good amounts last year as last year's run off still lingering. a little cooler than yesterday instead of the 70s we saw 74.

65 in santa rosa. 63 in vallejo. as we head toward saturday. daytime highs like just like these. saturday is going to be a beautiful day with temperatures in the mid-60s. maybe some upper 60s, as you get going tomorrow, frost in many areas. as you head out to your sporting events you're going to need a jacket. in that five day forecast, we've got some rain to talk about, we'll see you back here. friends, family and fans are mourning the death of a popular bay area dj. >> solomon kahn died this weekend. he was one of the d.js for san francisco giants games. kahn was 34 years old. bryan stow was beaten outside of dodger stadium.

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following two days of intense pressure the susan g. komen foundation reversed it's decision today and announced it will not pull funding from planned parenthood after all. alli e rasmus reports on the backlash and say it's working in its favor. >> reporter: there's three offices of planned parenthood, none of them have asked for donations from susan g. komen but they are now benefiting

from the designature. - - f rom the decision. planned parenthood told us they raised $3 million this week three times the amount they usually get. >> they heard what the american people felt and i think when women see their health being politicized, they galvanize. >> we're able to bring health service to women and political service like this is not going to slow us. >> by redirecting their money and not giving their money to us they are in fact, damaging our services for low income women. >> reporter: the director of the san francisco komen

foundation says her local chapter also opposed the decision to cut donations for planned parenthood. she also fears her office will get fewer donations. the damage to the komen foundation is pretty much already done. ron chapman writes i know quite a few people that will never support komen again. there are many other foundations that are not -- -- stow was beaten outside of dodger stadium 10 months ago. the giant fan and his family file suit against the dodgers last year. they claimed by reducing security at dodger stadium in 2008, the l.a. team created an environment

that allowed that attack to happen. the dodgers owners have since filed for bankruptcy protection. lance armstrong says he's gratified that no charges came out of a three year investigation. officials were looking into whether armstrong was part of a doping program along with his teammates. armstrong maintains h maintains -- he has never used performance enhancement drugs. caltrans is planning the closure of the upper deck. electronic signs have already been posted including this one in emeryville. the upper deck of the bridge is set to be closed all of president's day weekend from february 17th to february 21st. the closure will allow crews to build a detour near the toll

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silican valley is mourning the loss of a high tech pioneer tonight. steve appleton died when a small plane he was piloting crashed in boise this morning. appleton was flying solo when he crashed shortly after take off. his coworkers say he worked very hard to become ceo. >> the american dream.

>> micron is one of the world's leading semi conductor companies. it's based in idaho and has an office in san jose. the company says it's too soon to know what will happen next in terms of leadership. occupy protesters and oakland police are gearing up for saturday's weekly protest and march and there are already threats of violence. ktvu's amber lee is live and some people are calling tomorrow night's assembly a militant action. >> julie, tonight we spoke with several occupy oakland protester here at frank ogawa plaza. they told us they plan to participate in the planned march tomorrow night which will start here. on the occupy oakland website there's a plan to start at 7:00 saturday night. it says quote it is not a march intended for people who are not fully comfortable with diversity of tactics. >> we support the violence and

vandalism? >> i'm an that are -- a anarchy so i support solidarity. >> we are monitoring events and putting the necessary measures into play. >> wow. >> reporter: we showed a couple to oakland real estate director, his office is across from city hall. >> the stand was still there. >> reporter: he showed us a photo of the flag he gave to the city on monday to replace the one that was stolen at city hall and burned during last week's protest. >> there's bands of people going throughout downtown oakland causing general mayhem. if that's not a form of terrorism i don't know what is. >> reporter: residents plan to hold a counter protests. >> we want to let the world know, this is our city and

we're not going to let i deteriorate. >> reporter: howard jordan says anyone who engages in criminal activity or assault against officers or community business will be arrested. occupy oakland says the marchs will continue indefinitely. ktvu has obtained the pictures of the 12 people who have been issued stay away orders banning them from frank ogawa plaza. four have been charged with violent felonies and the other eight with misdemeanors for the violence last saturday. ktvu.com has a slide show of the people who were issued the stay away orders. you can find it under the slide show tab. there is added urgency tonight in the search for a crab fisherman after his boat was found capsized. wa of san ramon was last seen on wednesday law firming his

boat at pillar point in good weather. -- launching his boat at pillar point in good weather. the wife of another fisherman tells us the situation really has her on edge. >> worries, you know that my husband's got. we have a 40-foot boat, he's pretty good with the weather spat, i don't think there was rough seas out there. but yet again, alone it's not good. >> reporter: the coast guard is using a patrol boat and chopper to search for the boat. controller chung could take $60 million from various accounts. this will buy the state time until it has ample funds on hand. they don't expect to issue iou

or delay tax refunds. a measure passed by a house economy includes an amendment. the boat went along party lines. republicans said the estimated cost so far $98 million is far too much. tensions seems to be increasing between two bitter enemies in the middle east. israel and iran. during friday prayers, they warned about any military strikes against iran's nuclear program. that may refer to a comment from u.s. defense secretary leon -- earlier this week.

if convicted the 24-year- old manning could face life in prison. at this point no trial date has been set. the winkelvos twins who lost their claims against mark zuckerberg may soon cash out on the deal. san francisco shopping and entertainment center has a new restaurant and there's more to come. back here in just a few minutes, your five day forecast, and in that five day forecast i have the weekend spelled out and some rain drops coming as well. i'll see you back here. he had to sit out

we have new information tonight involving a fraud case that we've been following for nearly four years now. in federal court in oakland today, ronald nelson pleaded guilty as did his second wife edith and two former mortgage workers. they are accused of a mortgage fraud scream. one of nelson's daughter from his first marriage sames she was one of their victims and she blames his second wife. >> she's the main person. anyone who doesn't separate themselves from her are going to get what she gets just by association. i think he's been willing to stand by her. the nelsons were involved in more than 60 fraudulent mortgageless. now they face more than 40 years in federal prison. a man accused of driving

his car into a nummi tunnel pled not guilty today to dui chargeless. scott mitchell was arrested, they say he drove right into the tunnel. investigators say mitchell's blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit. mitchell is due back in court for a pretrial conference. in news of the world, in syria, thousands of people rallied in the city of homes today. mortar shells fell on the city after these pictures were taken. 200 people were killed and thousands of others injured. this appears to be the deadliest incident in the 11 month uprising. more violent clashes erupted between police and protesters in cairo. six people have been killed since wednesday's soccer riot. now many are demanding their military leaders step down. for their part some of the

ruling generals say that foreigners are instigating the clashes. the city of juarez is taking high measures to protect their police. a threat has been released that they will kill one officer a day until the police chief quits. officers have been staying in hotels with armed guards outside. the company that run the building decided to lease the building after the market collapsed in 2008. the london square unit has 200 units but only -- are being put up for sale. ktvu took a tour of the

shopping and entertainment center one day after the opening of the yerba buena terrace. the first ever target store in the city will anchor the complex. he is known as the filipino flash. a bay area fighter on the eve of one of his biggest bout. it's the fastest three minutes of [z

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antonio texas. we ran into the fighter with an infectious spirit that has many people talking about him as manny paquio. >> music is the way i'm feeling that day. >> you can't skip the music man. >> the heart of it all is just learn to smile no matter the outcome. i'm singing, i'm loving and life is beautiful no matter what. >> growing up i wasn't the kid that gets bullied in school and i just gave up on my life. it was rough because you come home and you cry at night. you know you cry at night, you sleep yourself at night because you just feel like you don't deserve to live. but then there's people out there that showed me that you can be anything you want. >>any role is working on keeping his speed and accuracy

and making sure that his punches are snapping. >> so he's 118 pounds. he hits so hard and so fast. >> it's like electric, you can feel the shock coming through. just right through the mitt. >> i was at that point where i was working at pet's smart. i just didn't know what to do. it was andre ward who helped me out. he got me back in the gym. he would slip a 20 in my bag, because i could not afford -- i love photography. it's amazing to see it in a different view. >> a lot of power. a lot of speed. >> there you go. >> there's not a whole lot with one punch knock out power, like

the fight is over in one shot. and he's one of those guys. >> each fight he gets more explosive. >> his name is jamile sparra. he's been through a lot of stuff, been through a lot of trouble. just being in the street and he wants to get his life straight. >> you're a good kid. keep working hard. i've been there too. i've been there, i've been through the lowest part of my life where i don't see nobody. not everybody wants to be my friend. >> he's muslim. it doesn't matter what religion you are. if your faith in yourself or faith in god, that's what makes you human. it's a domino effect that if you can do it spread it. life is lovely, you can be the weakest kid in the playground or you can be the nerd or the

dork or whatever people call you, but through it all, if you work hard you can be anyone you want to be in life. >> boy does that guy get you fired up or what. wow. tomorrow's fight is being televised on hbo. we want to credit here ktvu photograph tony handro and editor dena much for bringing us this story. it continues like that into your bay area weekend. it's going to be a little chilly when you wake up tomorrow morning. picking those up i belt you saw the sunset tonight and you saw those clouds. this is the clouds we showed you on the satellite are these clouds right here. they were these clouds a couple of hours ago. it's another set of clouds. basically high clouds filtering

in. hazy sunshine as we go into the next couple of days. and more sunshine. if you're going to giants fan fest lots of sunshine. mid-50s and mid-60s until 2:00. a beautiful day out at at -- at&t park. if you get a chance, tomorrow. both days mid-60s. no fog to speak of. the biggest thing you will notice very cool overnight lows and that puts some frost out there in the morning when you get up. as we get into monday night and tuesday into the tuesday commute. you're going to get light scattered showers here. you can see the activity. rain showers mainly on tuesday. the showers will have an impact on the tuesday morning commute more than anything else. the forecast model does this right here. you can see the clouds on sunday evening. then we push in a little farther here and you can see 11:00. there it shows up. there's 11:00, monday night some showers start to show up.

tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon. wet roadways as you travel around on tuesday. we battle inside as we get close to it. our weekend staring you in the face. the weather looks great. 62 in brentwood, 64 in hayward. a really nice forecast for your saturday. sunday is our repeat. plenty of sunshine. and just a heck of a nice bay area weekend and does winter want to return next week? starts to. that deal on tuesday could open the door on some activity. i'll be tracking it for you. we'll watch it and hopefully it will light up for you. the rain shows up tuesday. the pattern becomes slightly unsettled and hopefully we get ourselves a real nice dose of showers on tuesday. in the stands now, enjoy your bay area weekend because it's really going to be -- look at that it looks like april doesn't it. >> it does, it looks like march. >> you just said holy smokes.

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really like a giants love fest. just about got out of hand last year. you may remember 40,000 or so fans flocking to at&t. a meet and greet with the san francisco giants. just a little over two weeks before spring training and time again for the big event tomorrow at the ball yard. giants with a fresh start and really wanting to erase some of the memories from 2011 thinking mostly of this horrendous collision k.o.d buster posey. buster always looking for the silver angle though? >> looking at it from the outside, not being able to compete it's pretty easy for me to see how quickly it can be gone and do my best to enjoy it. >> reporter: the other marquee name of course to show up for the fan fest tomorrow, newly minted tim lincecum. followers will have a hard

chance fighting the crowd to get near him tomorrow. but if they do, they'll probably want to know if he's happy with the new additions. >> we've been a guy that's been lacking that. with those two guys, i mean, you have pagan stealing 30 bases i think that's a big thing. i know as a pitcher that's one of the toughest things to deal with. i feel we're moving in the right direction. >> if you think about it. the death valley of sports after the super bowl and prior to spring training, the tiger woods golf tournament fdr open

should bring some excite -- excitement. the spotlight game of the nba tonight, look at all that snow up in denver and it could not cool down the lakers. bynum from bryant up top. and there is the fisher feed to the big kid bynum who had 22 points. the lakers come into denver and beat the hometown nuggets. i do this about once a year. prediction time. super bowl weekend and here it is. you don't even have to watch the game really. tom brady will light it up sunday. patriots 21-31 over the giants. no way the patriots lose twice to the giants. i know you will remind me about it monday. >> i'm going with the giants.

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